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Self-Driving Car
Position: Self-Driving Car
Coach: Prof. Henrik Christensen (and team)
Asst. Coach: Michael “Misha” Novitzky
Stats: Built from a Porsche Cayenne, thinks with an entire 8-blade server rack in its trunk and sports aviation-grade inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors
Hometown: Robotics & Intelligent Machines Center
Fun Fact: Loves to shuttle passengers around town (but can’t until it’s legal in Georgia for a car to drive itself on city streets)
To learn more:robotics.gatech.edu
Explorer & Commander of Turtlebots
Position: Explorer & Commander of Turtlebots
Coach: Prof. Henrik Christensen
Asst. Coach: Carlos Nieto
Stats: Built with an iRobot mobile base, explores and
maps buildings without human assistance using a dual-core processor, Kinect camera and inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors
Hometown: Cognitive Robotics Lab
Fun Fact: Successfully completed exploration and mapping missions with U.S. Army robots
To learn more:robotics.gatech.edu
In-Home Assistant
Position: In-Home Assistant
Coaches: Prof. Charlie Kemp & Prof. Wendy Rogers
Asst. Coaches: Hai Nguyen & Jenay Beer
Stats: GATSBII (GATech Service Bot with Interactive Intelligence), a PR2 robot that assists older adults by using its 28 degrees of freedom, 7 cameras, 1 Kinect camera and 2 laser range�nders
Hometown: Georgia Tech Aware Home
Fun Fact: Finds hidden radio-frequency-tagged objects using antennas and software provided by the Healthcare Robotics Lab
To learn more:robotics.gatech.edu
Autonomously Adapting Acrobat
Position: Autonomously Adapting Acrobat
Coach: Prof. Jun Ueda
Asst. Coach: Jim Shealy
Stats: Built with 9.2 Kg-cm of torque per joint, totes an
advanced MEMs 6-axis accelerometer, a high-current capable 2400mAh 6v NIMH battery pack, a 16MHz brain, and uses a high-speed wireless 2.4Ghz network to connect with computer mainframe
Hometown: Human Modeling and Bio-Robotics Laboratory
Fun Fact: Often seen mimicking human controllers’ gestures by using Kinect camera. Plans to jump free of his table to ful�ll dream to be a “free runner.”
To learn more:robotics.gatech.edu
Therapy Coach
Position: Therapy Coach
Coach: Prof. Ayanna Howard
Asst. Coaches: Hae Won Park, Sergio Garcia and LaVonda Brown
Stats: Functions as an interactive therapy coach
to engage children with disabilities to achieve rehabilitation objectives, monitors child's play, and engages in collaborative-task interaction in a shared workspace.
Hometown: HumAns Lab
Fun Fact: Currently learning to play Angry Birds and enjoys helping children learn math
To learn more:robotics.gatech.edu
Robotic Puppet
Position: Robotic Puppet
Coach: Prof. Magnus Egerstedt
Asst. Coach: Greg Droge
Stats: Designed by Atlanta Center for Puppetry Arts, provides a platform for
researching control of complex systems, choreographic motion control and human-robot interactions
Hometown: Georgia Robotics and Intelligent Systems (GRITS) Lab
Fun Fact: 1/3 size model of Dr. Magnus Egerstedt, including an exact duplication of sweater vest
To learn more:robotics.gatech.edu
Environmental Underwater Monitor
Position: Environmental Underwater Monitor
Coaches: Prof. Mick West and Prof. Tom Collins
Asst. Coach: Michael “Misha” Novitzky
Stats: Works in a team of Yellow�ns to search the water using forward-looking sonar and an underwater camera, searches for environmental features to execute simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) and communicates with its team using an acoustic modem underwater and a 900 Mhz radio on the surface
Hometown: GTRI Autonomous Systems Laboratory
Fun Fact: Loves to swim with people, but be careful: Don't touch its propeller!
To learn more:robotics.gatech.edu
Home Service Robot& Companion
Position: Home Service Robot & Companion
Coach: Prof. Andrea Thomaz
Asst. Coach: Crystal Chao
Stats: Using 37 degrees of freedom in total (a 13-dof
head, a 2-dof torso, two 7-dof arms, and two 4-dof hands) communicates with humans using speech, gestures and eye gaze and learns concepts and motor skills from human demonstrations
Hometown: Socially Intelligent Machines Lab
Fun Fact: Survived several injuries, including multiple broken wrists and his torso controller board bursting into �ames
To learn more:robotics.gatech.edu
Intelligent Musical Buddy
Position: Intelligent Musical Buddy
Coach: Prof. Gil Weinberg
Asst. Coach: Mason Bretan
Stats: Features machine learning, emotional
intelligence, computer vision and natural language; detects beat and genre to dance with beat-synchro-nized and genre-speci�c movements
Hometown: Center for Music Technology/Robotic Musicianship Group
Fun Fact: Can �nd your favorite tunes by listening to you clap a beat or sing a song—or just by watching you dance
To learn more:robotics.gatech.edu
Whole-body Manipulator
Position: Whole-body Manipulator
Coach: Prof. Mike Stilman
Stats: Boasts dynamic stability, weighs in at 300 pounds, balances on wheels and maintains storage of energy/momentum
Hometown: Humanoid Robotics Lab
Fun Fact: Also known as the "MacGyverbot" due to its plans to use everyday objects as tools!
To learn more:robotics.gatech.edu
Walking Humanoid and Mobile Manipulator
Position: Walking Humanoid and Mobile Manipulator
Coach: Prof. Mike Stilman
Stats: Weighs in at 100 pounds. Sports harmonic drives, dynamically stable ZMP walking and operates drills!
Hometown: Humanoid Robotics Lab
Fun Fact: Will compete in the DARPA Robotics Challenge, aiming to save human lives!
To learn more:robotics.gatech.edu
Marimba-Playing Robotic Musician
Position: Marimba-Playing Robotic Musician
Coach: Prof. Gil Weinberg
Asst. Coach: Mason Bretan
Stats: Features improvisa-tion, style modeling, computer vision and machine musicianship
Hometown: Center for Music Technology/Robotic Musicianship Group
Fun Fact: Imitates jazz greats like John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk, and mixes and matches multiple artists to create new styles of improvisation and interaction
To learn more:robotics.gatech.edu
Programming Coach
Position: Programming Coach
Coach: Instructor Jay Summet
Stats: Features an HD camera, infrared obstacle sensors and a Bluetooth
radio; decked out with dual wheel encoders, multi-phonic speaker, and a “red LED of doom”
Hometown: CS 1301: Introduction to Computing
Fun Fact: Students learning to program use more than 300 Scribblers each semester. Scribblers escape mazes, �nd colored targets and are often cast as the star in movies or plays produced by students.
To learn more:robotics.gatech.edu
Assistive & Rehabilitative Robot
Position: Assistive & Rehabilitative Robot
Coaches: Prof. Lena Ting & Prof. Charlie Kemp
Asst. Coaches: Morris Huang & Tiffany Chen
Stats: DARCI (Dynamically Adapting Robot for Cooperative Interactions) features two Meka 7DOF SEA compliant arms, a Meka Prismatic Lift (Festo DGE-SP) and a Meka Omnibase with Holomni-powered casters, decked out with ATI force/torque sensors at wrists (Mini40-E)
Hometown: Neuromechanics Lab & Healthcare Robotics Lab
Fun Fact: Designed for close physical interactions with humans, DARCI performs cooperative motor interactions with people (such as partner dancing) in ways that are fun and improve motor skills. Hopes to dance the tango one day.
To learn more:robotics.gatech.edu